diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/compose.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/compose.jsx
index b7f225170c..165e811e38 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/compose.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/compose.jsx
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export const COMPOSE_SPOILER_TEXT_CHANGE = 'COMPOSE_SPOILER_TEXT_CHANGE';
 export const COMPOSE_VISIBILITY_CHANGE  = 'COMPOSE_VISIBILITY_CHANGE';
 export const COMPOSE_LISTABILITY_CHANGE = 'COMPOSE_LISTABILITY_CHANGE';
 
+export const COMPOSE_EMOJI_INSERT = 'COMPOSE_EMOJI_INSERT';
+
 export function changeCompose(text) {
   return {
     type: COMPOSE_CHANGE,
@@ -260,3 +262,11 @@ export function changeComposeListability(checked) {
     checked
   };
 };
+
+export function insertEmojiCompose(position, emoji) {
+  return {
+    type: COMPOSE_EMOJI_INSERT,
+    position,
+    emoji
+  };
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index bcc4fe1e73..047c974f29 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import UnlistedToggleContainer from '../containers/unlisted_toggle_container';
 import SpoilerToggleContainer from '../containers/spoiler_toggle_container';
 import PrivateToggleContainer from '../containers/private_toggle_container';
 import SensitiveToggleContainer from '../containers/sensitive_toggle_container';
+import EmojiPickerDropdown from './emoji_picker_dropdown';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   placeholder: { id: 'compose_form.placeholder', defaultMessage: 'What is on your mind?' },
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
     onSuggestionSelected: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onChangeSpoilerText: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onPaste: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onPickEmoji: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
   },
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
   },
 
   onSuggestionSelected (tokenStart, token, value) {
+    this._restoreCaret = null;
     this.props.onSuggestionSelected(tokenStart, token, value);
   },
 
@@ -88,8 +91,18 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
       // If replying to zero or one users, places the cursor at the end of the textbox.
       // If replying to more than one user, selects any usernames past the first;
       // this provides a convenient shortcut to drop everyone else from the conversation.
-      const selectionEnd   = this.props.text.length;
-      const selectionStart = (this.props.preselectDate !== prevProps.preselectDate) ? (this.props.text.search(/\s/) + 1) : selectionEnd;
+      let selectionEnd, selectionStart;
+
+      if (this.props.preselectDate !== prevProps.preselectDate) {
+        selectionEnd   = this.props.text.length;
+        selectionStart = this.props.text.search(/\s/) + 1;
+      } else if (typeof this._restoreCaret === 'number') {
+        selectionStart = this._restoreCaret;
+        selectionEnd   = this._restoreCaret;
+      } else {
+        selectionEnd   = this.props.text.length;
+        selectionStart = selectionEnd;
+      }
 
       this.autosuggestTextarea.textarea.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
       this.autosuggestTextarea.textarea.focus();
@@ -100,6 +113,12 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
     this.autosuggestTextarea = c;
   },
 
+  handleEmojiPick (data) {
+    const position     = this.autosuggestTextarea.textarea.selectionStart;
+    this._restoreCaret = position + data.shortname.length + 1;
+    this.props.onPickEmoji(position, data);
+  },
+
   render () {
     const { intl, needsPrivacyWarning, mentionedDomains, onPaste } = this.props;
     const disabled = this.props.is_submitting || this.props.is_uploading;
@@ -156,7 +175,10 @@ const ComposeForm = React.createClass({
         <div style={{ marginTop: '10px', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
           <div style={{ float: 'right' }}><Button text={publishText} onClick={this.handleSubmit} disabled={disabled} /></div>
           <div style={{ float: 'right', marginRight: '16px', lineHeight: '36px' }}><CharacterCounter max={500} text={[this.props.spoiler_text, this.props.text].join('')} /></div>
-          <UploadButtonContainer style={{ paddingTop: '4px' }} />
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', paddingTop: '4px' }}>
+            <UploadButtonContainer />
+            <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} />
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <SpoilerToggleContainer />
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6419ff08a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import Dropdown, { DropdownTrigger, DropdownContent } from 'react-simple-dropdown';
+import EmojiPicker from 'emojione-picker';
+import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
+import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  emoji: { id: 'emoji_button.label', defaultMessage: 'Emoji' }
+});
+
+const settings = {
+  imageType: 'png',
+  sprites: false,
+  imagePathPNG: '/emoji/'
+};
+
+const EmojiPickerDropdown = React.createClass({
+
+  propTypes: {
+    intl: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    onPickEmoji: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
+  },
+
+  mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
+
+  setRef (c) {
+    this.dropdown = c;
+  },
+
+  handleChange (data) {
+    this.dropdown.hide();
+    this.props.onPickEmoji(data);
+  },
+
+  render () {
+    const { intl } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Dropdown ref={this.setRef} style={{ marginLeft: '5px' }}>
+        <DropdownTrigger className='icon-button' title={intl.formatMessage(messages.emoji)} style={{ fontSize: `24px`, width: `24px`, lineHeight: `24px`, marginTop: '-1px', display: 'block', marginLeft: '2px' }}>
+          <i className={`fa fa-smile-o`} style={{ verticalAlign: 'middle' }} />
+        </DropdownTrigger>
+
+        <DropdownContent>
+          <EmojiPicker emojione={settings} onChange={this.handleChange} />
+        </DropdownContent>
+      </Dropdown>
+    );
+  }
+
+});
+
+export default injectIntl(EmojiPickerDropdown);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
index a34201747f..a67adbdd62 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   fetchComposeSuggestions,
   selectComposeSuggestion,
   changeComposeSpoilerText,
+  insertEmojiCompose
 } from '../../../actions/compose';
 
 const getMentionedUsernames = createSelector(state => state.getIn(['compose', 'text']), text => text.match(/(?:^|[^\/\w])@([a-z0-9_]+@[a-z0-9\.\-]+)/ig));
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
     dispatch(uploadCompose(files));
   },
 
+  onPickEmoji (position, data) {
+    dispatch(insertEmojiCompose(position, data));
+  },
+
 });
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ComposeForm);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/compose.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/compose.jsx
index dead5fd770..b0001351f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/compose.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/compose.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import {
   COMPOSE_SPOILERNESS_CHANGE,
   COMPOSE_SPOILER_TEXT_CHANGE,
   COMPOSE_VISIBILITY_CHANGE,
-  COMPOSE_LISTABILITY_CHANGE
+  COMPOSE_LISTABILITY_CHANGE,
+  COMPOSE_EMOJI_INSERT
 } from '../actions/compose';
 import { TIMELINE_DELETE } from '../actions/timelines';
 import { STORE_HYDRATE } from '../actions/store';
@@ -105,6 +106,15 @@ const insertSuggestion = (state, position, token, completion) => {
   });
 };
 
+const insertEmoji = (state, position, emojiData) => {
+  const emoji = emojiData.shortname;
+
+  return state.withMutations(map => {
+    map.update('text', oldText => `${oldText.slice(0, position)}${emoji} ${oldText.slice(position)}`);
+    map.set('focusDate', new Date());
+  });
+};
+
 export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
   switch(action.type) {
   case STORE_HYDRATE:
@@ -177,6 +187,8 @@ export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
     } else {
       return state;
     }
+  case COMPOSE_EMOJI_INSERT:
+    return insertEmoji(state, action.position, action.emoji);
   default:
     return state;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components.scss
index 0056cfcd29..ecf5109169 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components.scss
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+.dropdown--active .icon-button {
+  color: $color4;
+}
+
 .invisible {
   font-size: 0;
   line-height: 0;
@@ -547,7 +551,7 @@ a.status__content__spoiler-link {
     left: 8px;
   }
 
-  ul {
+  & > ul {
     list-style: none;
     background: $color2;
     padding: 4px 0;
@@ -559,12 +563,12 @@ a.status__content__spoiler-link {
   }
 
   &.dropdown__left {
-    ul {
+    & > ul {
       left: -98px;
     }
   }
 
-  a {
+  & > ul > li > a {
     font-size: 13px;
     line-height: 18px;
     display: block;
@@ -1254,3 +1258,164 @@ button.active i.fa-retweet {
   z-index: 1;
   background: radial-gradient(ellipse, rgba($color4, 0.23) 0%, rgba($color4, 0) 60%);
 }
+
+.emoji-dialog {
+  width: 280px;
+  height: 220px;
+  background: $color2;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: relative;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba($color8, 0.4);
+
+  .emojione {
+    margin: 0;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-dialog-header {
+    padding: 0 10px;
+    background-color: $color3;
+
+    ul {
+      padding: 0;
+      margin: 0;
+      list-style: none;
+    }
+
+    li {
+      display: inline-block;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      height: 42px;
+      padding: 9px 5px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+
+      img, svg {
+        width: 22px;
+        height: 22px;
+        filter: grayscale(100%);
+      }
+
+      &.active {
+        background: lighten($color3, 6%);
+
+        img, svg {
+          filter: grayscale(0);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .emoji-row {
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    padding-left: 10px;
+
+    .emoji {
+      display: inline-block;
+      padding: 5px;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .emoji-category-header {
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    padding: 8px 16px 0;
+    display: table;
+
+    > * {
+      display: table-cell;
+      vertical-align: middle;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .emoji-category-title {
+    font-size: 14px;
+    font-family: sans-serif;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: $color1;
+    cursor: default;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-category-heading-decoration {
+    text-align: right;
+  }
+
+  .modifiers {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: 0;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    margin-top: 4px;
+
+    li {
+      display: inline-block;
+      padding: 0 2px;
+
+      &:last-of-type {
+        padding-right: 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .modifier {
+      display: inline-block;
+      border-radius: 10px;
+      width: 15px;
+      height: 15px;
+      position: relative;
+      cursor: pointer;
+
+      &.active:after {
+        content: "";
+        display: block;
+        position: absolute;
+        width: 7px;
+        height: 7px;
+        border-radius: 10px;
+        border: 2px solid $color1;
+        top: 2px;
+        left: 2px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .emoji-search-wrapper {
+    padding: 6px 16px;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-search {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    padding: 6px 4px;
+    width: 100%;
+    border: 1px solid #ddd;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-categories-wrapper {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 42px;
+    bottom: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-search-wrapper + .emoji-categories-wrapper {
+    top: 83px;
+  }
+
+  .emoji-row .emoji:hover {
+    background: lighten($color2, 3%);
+  }
+
+  .emoji {
+    width: 22px;
+    height: 22px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:focus {
+      outline: none;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45702d5f43..2deebe9e4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "css-loader": "^0.26.2",
     "dotenv": "^4.0.0",
     "emojione": "latest",
+    "emojione-picker": "^2.0.1",
     "enzyme": "^2.7.1",
     "es6-promise": "^3.2.1",
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
     "react": "^15.4.2",
     "react-addons-perf": "^15.4.2",
     "react-addons-pure-render-mixin": "^15.4.2",
+    "react-addons-shallow-compare": "^15.4.2",
     "react-addons-test-utils": "^15.4.2",
     "react-autosuggest": "^7.0.1",
     "react-decoration": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a77fe59eb0..011f1ec0ee 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ doctrine@^2.0.0:
     esutils "^2.0.2"
     isarray "^1.0.0"
 
-dom-helpers@^2.4.0:
+dom-helpers@^2.4.0, "dom-helpers@^2.4.0 || ^3.0.0":
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-helpers/-/dom-helpers-2.4.0.tgz#9bb4b245f637367b1fa670274272aa28fe06c367"
 
@@ -2287,7 +2287,17 @@ elliptic@^6.0.0:
     hash.js "^1.0.0"
     inherits "^2.0.1"
 
-emojione@latest:
+emojione-picker@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojione-picker/-/emojione-picker-2.0.1.tgz#62e58db67d37a400a883c82d39abb1cc1c8ed65a"
+  dependencies:
+    emojione "^2.2.6"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    lodash "^4.15.0"
+    react-virtualized "^8.11.4"
+    store "^1.3.20"
+
+emojione@^2.2.6, emojione@latest:
   version "2.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojione/-/emojione-2.2.7.tgz#46457cf6b9b2f8da13ae8a2e4e547de06ee15e96"
 
@@ -2413,7 +2423,7 @@ escape-html@^1.0.3, escape-html@~1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz#0258eae4d3d0c0974de1c169188ef0051d1d1988"
 
-escape-string-regexp@1.0.5, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2:
+escape-string-regexp@1.0.5, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
 
@@ -3628,7 +3638,7 @@ lodash.tail@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.tail/-/lodash.tail-4.1.1.tgz#d2333a36d9e7717c8ad2f7cacafec7c32b444664"
 
-lodash@4.x.x, lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.17.2, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.2.1:
+lodash@4.x.x, lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.15.0, lodash@^4.17.2, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.2.1:
   version "4.17.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.4.tgz#78203a4d1c328ae1d86dca6460e369b57f4055ae"
 
@@ -3650,6 +3660,12 @@ loose-envify@^1.0.0, loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.2.0:
   dependencies:
     js-tokens "^1.0.1"
 
+loose-envify@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.3.1.tgz#d1a8ad33fa9ce0e713d65fdd0ac8b748d478c848"
+  dependencies:
+    js-tokens "^3.0.0"
+
 loud-rejection@^1.0.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loud-rejection/-/loud-rejection-1.6.0.tgz#5b46f80147edee578870f086d04821cf998e551f"
@@ -4833,6 +4849,13 @@ react-addons-pure-render-mixin@>=0.14.0, react-addons-pure-render-mixin@^15.4.2:
     fbjs "^0.8.4"
     object-assign "^4.1.0"
 
+react-addons-shallow-compare@^15.4.2:
+  version "15.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-addons-shallow-compare/-/react-addons-shallow-compare-15.4.2.tgz#027ffd9720e3a1e0b328dcd8fc62e214a0d174a5"
+  dependencies:
+    fbjs "^0.8.4"
+    object-assign "^4.1.0"
+
 react-addons-test-utils@^15.4.2:
   version "15.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-addons-test-utils/-/react-addons-test-utils-15.4.2.tgz#93bcaa718fcae7360d42e8fb1c09756cc36302a2"
@@ -5051,6 +5074,15 @@ react-toggle@^2.1.1:
     classnames "~2.2"
     react-addons-pure-render-mixin ">=0.14.0"
 
+react-virtualized@^8.11.4:
+  version "8.11.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-virtualized/-/react-virtualized-8.11.4.tgz#0bb94f1ecbd286d07145ce63983d0a11724522c0"
+  dependencies:
+    babel-runtime "^6.11.6"
+    classnames "^2.2.3"
+    dom-helpers "^2.4.0 || ^3.0.0"
+    loose-envify "^1.3.0"
+
 react@^15.4.2:
   version "15.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-15.4.2.tgz#41f7991b26185392ba9bae96c8889e7e018397ef"
@@ -5623,6 +5655,10 @@ stdout-stream@^1.4.0:
   dependencies:
     readable-stream "^2.0.1"
 
+store@^1.3.20:
+  version "1.3.20"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/store/-/store-1.3.20.tgz#13ea7e3fb2d6c239868265d686b1d84e99c5be3e"
+
 stream-browserify@^2.0.0, stream-browserify@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-browserify/-/stream-browserify-2.0.1.tgz#66266ee5f9bdb9940a4e4514cafb43bb71e5c9db"